An Exhibition being held at Shoreditch Technical In- stitute, Pitfield
Street, should have a very special attraction for those—and their name is legion—who now that the men are coming baok from the war, are anxious to make homes. These people are finding that not only is furniture expensive but it is also commonplace if not ugly. At Shoreditch five rooms of a model flat have been fitted up with furniture of simple pattern and sound workmanship, designed by Mr. Wells, head of the carpentry shops at Shoreditch, and made and painted by the boys at the Institute and Brixton Building School. The Exhibi- tion has been arranged to show that " the humblest home can be made pleasant and inviting at no greater expense than would be incurred in making it ugly." The London County Council allow the designs to be used by manufacturers, and the house- holder must hope that the offer will be accepted. Furniture— the ordinary articles of everyday use—when of good design is a decoration in itself, and the possessors of it Dann dispense with what is so often erroneously described as ornament, and thereby serve both beauty and economy.
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